Cail MacLean

Cail MacLean (born September 30, 1976) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and the head coach for the Stockton Heat of the American Hockey League.

Cail MacLean
Born (1976-09-30) September 30, 1976
Middleton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 197 lb (89 kg; 14 st 1 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for Trenton Titans Cleveland Lumberjacks
Cincinnati Mighty Ducks
Indianapolis Ice
Michigan K-Wings
Lowell Lock Monsters
Philadelphia Phantoms
Grand Rapids Griffins
Providence Bruins
Hartford Wolf Pack
Hershey Bears
Bridgeport Sound Tigers
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 19972008

Playing career

MacLean was born in Middleton, Nova Scotia. He played his junior career with the Kingston Frontenacs of the OHL. After being skipped over in the NHL Entry Draft, MacLean signed his first professional contract with the ECHL's Jacksonville Lizard Kings in 1997. He played two partial seasons with Jacksonville while also playing games in the AHL and the now defunct IHL.

After signing with the Trenton Titans in 1999 MacLean spent most of the remainder of his career with the ECHL, seeing two full seasons of AHL action with the Hershey Bears (200203) and the Bridgeport Sound Tigers (200304). He served as the Titans' team captain and led them to the 2001 Kelly Cup finals, where they lost to the South Carolina Stingrays 4 games to 1.[1]

He signed with the Reading Royals in 2004, and spent one season on the team. In 2005 he signed with the South Carolina Stingrays and was named team captain a year later.[2] MacLean spent the remainder of his professional career with the Stingrays, leading them to the 200708 American Conference finals where they were bested by the Cincinnati Cyclones 4 games to 1.

Coaching career

South Carolina Stingrays

In 2008, MacLean announced his retirement from professional hockey and was named the assistant coach of the Stingrays soon after.[3] He helped lead the Stingrays to the Kelly Cup championship in 2009.

After head coach Jared Bednar stepped down in 2009, MacLean was named the head coach of the team.[4] He spent two seasons (200910 and 201011) with the Stingrays as head coach before accepting an assistant coaching position with the AHL's Abbotsford Heat in July 2011. MacLean led the Stingrays to two Kelly Cup playoff appearances and a 78-48-18 record during his tenure as head coach.[1] While with the Stingrays, MacLean was selected as the American Conference coach for the 2010 ECHL All-Star Game and was recognized as the runner-up for the ECHL's 200910 John Brophy Award.[5][6]

Abbotsford Heat

MacLean replaced Troy Ward as Abbotsford's assistant coach when Ward was named the Heat's head coach in June 2011.[7] MacLean previously played for Ward when Ward was the head coach for the ECHL's Trenton Titans.[1]

Adirondack Thunder

In 2015, he returned to the Calgary Flames' organization and was named head coach of the Adirondack Thunder of the ECHL. In 2017, the Flames ended their affiliation with the Thunder and MacLean moved up to an assistant coach position with the Flames' AHL affiliate, the Stockton Heat.[8]

Stockton Heat

After serving one season as an assistant in Stockton, the Heat's head coach Ryan Huska moved up to the Flames as an assistant in 2018. MacLean was then promoted to the head coaching position for the 2018–19 AHL season.[9]

Awards

Coaching

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
199394 Kingston Frontenacs OHL 53 7 7 14 15 1 0 0 0 0
199495 Kingston Frontenacs OHL 65 11 17 28 17 6 0 0 0 0
199596 Kingston Frontenacs OHL 66 15 37 52 53 6 2 2 4 2
199697 Kingston Frontenacs OHL 60 34 42 76 47 5 1 1 2 2
199798 Jacksonville Lizard Kings ECHL 5 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0
199798 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 1 0 0 0 0
199798 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 7 0 1 1 4
199899 Jacksonville Lizard Kings ECHL 40 29 28 57 14
199899 Indianapolis Ice IHL 35 13 7 20 20 7 2 2 4 0
199900 Trenton Titans ECHL 50 34 25 59 24 14 10 5 15 6
199900 Michigan K-Wings IHL 14 0 3 3 6
199900 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 5 0 1 1 0
199900 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 3 0 0 0 0
200001 Trenton Titans ECHL 49 28 17 45 26 19 13 4 17 10
200001 Grand Rapids Griffins IHL 16 2 0 2 0
200001 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 9 0 1 1 4
200102 Providence Bruins AHL 9 1 0 1 0
200102 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 1 0 0 0 0
200102 Trenton Titans ECHL 41 17 17 34 18
200102 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 3 0 1 1 0
200102 Hershey Bears AHL 21 4 6 10 4 6 0 0 0 0
200203 Hershey Bears AHL 74 16 13 29 14 5 0 0 0 0
200304 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 61 6 10 16 16 7 1 0 1 0
200405 Reading Royals ECHL 59 23 19 42 42 8 2 1 3 2
200405 Hershey Bears AHL 14 0 0 0 4
200506 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 46 17 16 33 42 6 2 2 4 4
200607 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 60 25 33 58 58
200708 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 63 21 25 46 30 20 2 9 11 14
AHL totals 207 27 33 60 46 18 1 0 1 0

References

  1. Miller, Andrew (2011-07-21). "Stingrays head coach taking job with Abbotsford Heat". Post and Courier. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
  2. Miller, Andrew (2006-07-27). "Maclean new Rays captain" Archived 2012-07-07 at Archive.today. Post and Courier. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
  3. Miller, Andrew (2007-04-27). "Rays choose Bednar" Archived 2012-07-01 at Archive.today. Post and Courier. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
  4. Miller, Andrew (2009-07-02). "Reins change hands" Archived 2012-07-01 at Archive.today. Post and Courier. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
  5. Press release (2010-01-03). "All-Star coaches announced" Archived 2011-09-30 at the Wayback Machine. ECHL. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
  6. Press release (2010-04-06). Idaho's Laxdal receives John Brophy Award Archived March 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. ECHL. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
  7. Tucker, Cam (2011-06-30). "Updated: Troy Ward named Abbotsford Heat head coach". Abbotsford Times. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
  8. "Stockton announces Cail MacLean will be assistant coach". The Post-Star. August 3, 2017.
  9. "Heat Announce Cail MacLean as New Head Coach". OurSportsCentral.com. 4 June 2018.
Preceded by
Jared Bednar
South Carolina Stingrays head coach
20092011
Succeeded by
Spencer Carbery
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